66 HISTORY OF THE SHORT-HORNS. 



Cora [daughter of Countess above, and one-thirty-second part 

 Galloway], by Favorite, 4 years old, to G. Johnson, Yorkshire, 70 

 guineas ($364). 



Major (397) [son of Lady, above, and one-sixteenth part Gallo- 

 way], by Comet (155), to Mr. Grant, Lincolnshire, 200 guineas 

 ($1,040). 



Alexander (22) [son of Cora, above, and one-sixty-fourth part 

 Galloway], by Comet (155), i year old, to W. C. Fenton, 63 guineas 

 ($328). 



Young Favorite (254) [a calf, and son of Countess, above, and 

 one-thirty-second part Galloway], by Comet, to P. Skipworth, Lin- 

 colnshire, 140 guineas ($728). 



George (276) [before mentioned, a calf, and a son of Lady, by 

 Comet, and one-sixteenth part Galloway], to Mr. Walker, Yorkshire, 

 130 guineas ($676). 



Young Laura [daughter of Laura, by Comet, and one-thirty-second 

 part Galloway], 2 years old, to Earl of Lonsdale, 101 guineas ($525). 



Young Countess [daughter of Countess, by Comet, and one-thirty- 

 second part Galloway], 2 years old, to Sir H. C. Ibbotson, 206 guineas 



($1,071). 



Lucilla [calf, daughter of Laura, by Comet, and one-thirty-second 

 part Galloway], to Mr. Grant, 106 guineas ($551). 



Calista [calf, daughter of Cora, by Comet, and one-sixty-fourth 

 part Galloway], to Sir Henry Vane Tempest, Durham, 50 guineas 

 ($250). 



These thirteen animals are all we find of the " Alloy " blood in 

 that celebrated sale, and the prices which they brought, are most of 

 them extraordinary in comparison to those for the other thirty-four 

 pure Short-horns sold at the same time. The entire lot of thirteen 

 females, sold for $10,816, or an average of $832 each. But, when it 

 is recollected that these Alloys had only a small fraction of Gallo- 

 way blood in them, and were got by Ceiling's best bulls, and far 

 above the others in flesh (the " Alloys " being very moderate milkers), 

 and most of them sold to the newer breeders who were taken by the 

 good looks of the animals, the high prices will be readily accounted 

 for. 



Let us now see what was afterwards said of the Galloway or 

 "Alloy" cross. "Mr. Mason (a noted Short-horn breeder) stated 

 that he did not recollect any experienced breeder who made an offer 

 for the mixed breed, and he was sure that if Charles Colling had not 

 made that mistake, his stock at Ketton would have sold for some 



